Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1341 to 1350 of 1750.

• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to support and congratulate Sen. Were and Sen. Olekina for the report of the CPA. Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not wish to go to the benefits because Sen. Poghisio has very well captured them. However, in terms of the content of the report, I am happy that the areas of focus of the report are very topical. African countries need to think about them, for example, the human trafficking aspect. The other area of focus is one of teenage pregnancies and the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Madam Temporary Speaker, as we were looking at the ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know whether the House knows that Kenya is the fourth most affected country by HIV/AIDS, after South Africa and two other African countries. Therefore, we must focus on the high impact areas which are our youth and HIV/AIDS. The recent survey that was done showed that the highest incidents of HIV/AIDS are in our youth and mostly in girls. So, I am glad that at the policy level, because our resources follow policy, we have now picked this and are highlighting and focusing on the strategic areas of looking at our youth and young ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. As I reply I would like to thank the Senators that have contributed immensely to this Bill. I have a lot of notes with regard to improvements and what great inputs that the Senators have proposed. I would like to thank Sen. Murkomen for seconding me and giving quite a few suggestions for amendments, including audits of the health sector and how much counties are raising on source revenue. I also thank him for proposing that we include a reporting mechanism. I think that already exists, but we will make sure that we ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Zani talked of social audits to be done as a starting point and the issues of baseline of where we are and an advisory oversight committee. Sen. Farhiya acknowledged the idea on Clause 6 on the national rights and fundamental freedoms, realization of economic and social rights and value of hard work. Sen. Poghisio elaborated for us what we need to do as human beings to make sure that these principles under Article 4 are upheld to promote sustainable development and that all persons under this Act is guided by the principles. I hope I am not forgetting ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to add my voice to those of my colleagues to say that this is very welcome break. It is going to be a working break given that we are going to be engaging in the Devolution Conference. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: As we know, that Devolution Conference is a very important calendar item for this House given that our mandate is to protect the interests of counties and therefore, devolution. It may even be a misnomer to call it a recess. It is a working break away from Nairobi. I wish all the Senators a very fruitful Devolution Conference. I look forward to attending and perhaps adding value to it. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is going to be my Second Devolution Conference. In the first one, we learnt very much. As this House, we engage and interact with our county assemblies, governors, understanding and looking at the scorecard. This is where they usually showcase what has worked or not worked for them and the challenges they are facing. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Therefore, as this House in our mandate, we need to be at this Conference to make sure that if there is any oversight, it is not done after the fact but when we can correct course by walking and understanding what is happening in our counties. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition that has been brought to the House by Sen. Wamatangi. I congratulate him because this is becoming very rampant and is bordering on rights abuses because it is not just relocation, but arbitrary eviction. Under Article 43, we must protect the rights of the people from whom this land has been taken. view